TARLTON, WILLIAM FRANCIS, came to Otago in the Bosworth (1857) and settled at Riverton before 1859. A school teacher and a man of scholastic mind, he was known by his confreres in politics as the "Roman citizen." Tarlton was M.P.C. for Murihiku in the Otago Provincial Council (1860-61), and was a member of the executive in 1860. On the separation of Southland he represented Invercargill in the Southland Provincial Council (1861-64) and Longwood in 1865. Here again he was on the executive for a year (1864-65).

Southland P.C. Proc.; Riverton Record; Southern Cross (Invercargill), 8 Mar 1930.

Reference: Volume 2, page 187

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